It’s too bad you’re not here to see me crash and burn in person.
Yay! Go me! I got an interview at a Japanese company. The company is a translating company that works on many different types of projects. My project would be somehow associated with mobile phones. So what happens next? Well, now it’s time for the interview. It took 6 days from when I sent the letter for the company to call me and tell me about the interview: Next Wednesday at 2PM.
Alvis. Reminds me of the Three Chipmunks.
She told me some things that I should expect as well. She asked me if I could write kanji, which I said I could as long as I can see it. Also mentioned what that I need to be able to use a word processor and use a computer. Not too hard so far. The one thing that I found interesting is that I have to take an English test. I thought I heard her wrong (the conversation was all in Japanese) and so I said that I have not taken any English tests. Fortunately, she reiterated her point that I would have to take an English test and that a Japanese dictionary is allowed.
It says that they require a foreigner with delusions of grandeur
and kickboxes in their free time. I’m in.
I’m not really sure what to expect for this test. She didn’t really give any more details, but at no point did she say it was a translation test (翻訳 hon’yaku, written translation. 通訳 tsuuyaku, oral translation). Maybe it is a translation test? I have a sneaking suspicion that it could just be an English test as the company was initially looking for a Japanese person with a pretty good TOEIC score (800). Either it might be challenging (translation) or it will be painfully easy (just english); I’m hoping for the latter.
I was born with a huge… English vocabulary.
I’ve been told by a little birdie that the length of the interview positively correlates with the chance of getting the job. They told me that an interview that is as long or longer than 10-15 minutes is a good sign. I don’t really know any more details, but I’ll tell you the rest of the process after I fail miserably and am in my glum post-interview state.
